HomeFront Tweak & Fix Guide

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Where to Find Config File

Go to My Documents/My Games/HOMEFRONT/GCGame/Config and open ‘GCengine.ini’ in notepad.

Fix the Mouse Acceleration issues

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False

First, go to your ‘\steam\steamapps\common\homefront\engine\config’ directory. Back up all files before you make any changes.

  1. Open ‘baseinput.ini’ – now under [Engine.PlayerInput] find “bEnableMouseSmoothing=true”, change this to
    bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
  2. Next, under that, in the same section, add a line
    bViewAccelerationEnabled=false
Now that you have disabled mouse acceleration, your in-game mouse setting will reset and you may have to re-adjust sensitivity since there is a difference between accelerated and non-accelerated sensitivity.

Disable the intro startup movies

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
and put a ";" before StartupMovies:
;StartupMovies=LegalScreen_PC ;StartupMovies=THQ ;StartupMovies=ThreeLogos ;StartupMovies=DE_Logo ;StartupMovies=NVidia

How to Remove Frame Rate Smoothing For Performance

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=false UseVsync=false UseFPSSmoothing=false

Unlock the framerate cap

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE Set MinSmoothedFrameRate=60 MaxSmoothedFrameRate=120

Possible fix for stuttering

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True

How to Force DirectX 9 For Performance Boost

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’
Set
AllowD3D10=FALSE
and add
-d3d9
command line in steam launch.

Disable nVidia Fog

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bUseLowEndFog=true

Disable PhysX

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
(Change it to disable PhysX)

If you have an ATI Video card

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True

[FIX] No Sound

If you are not hearing any sound or you can only hear the cutscenes, try the following workarounds:

  1. Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed for your sound card.
  2. Remove My Docs\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini in your documents and restart the game.
  3. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\homefront\GCGame\Config” . Edit DefaultEngine.ini with notepad and search MaxChannels. Change the value from 128 to 64.
  4. Reinstalling Directx[www.microsoft.com] may fix the problem.
  5. Change audio from Surround (4.1, 5.1..etc) to simple 2.1. To change this head to control panel and then sound and audio settings.
  6. If nothing works then try removing the game completely and then re-download (From Steam) the game for a fresh install.

[FIX] Default Resolution Won’t Change

  1. Try Changing the aspect ratio of your monitor.If you are using crossfire, disable it and then you will be able to change the resolution.
  2. Or you can change your config file manually to change the resolution. You can find it in My Documents/My Games/homefront folder and then system config file.
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[FIX] An unexpected graphics error occurred

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
AllowD3D10=False CompatLevelGPU=1

[FIX] “Failed to Run Install Script” Error

If you are facing this error during installation then try re-installing Microsoft visual C++ redistributable 2005. If it does not help then try running a windows update and that should resolve the issue.

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